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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1973
Page
3
The page lists the Lawrence Journal-World staff roles headed by President Publisher C. Simons and Executive Editor Ralph Gagd with publishing notes. It also includes address, telephone, and subscription rates for a 1973 Lawrence Kansas edition. It notes established 1854 and 1952 editor lineage.
Federal narcotics investigators in eight cities found many drug stores fill fraudulent prescriptions with little questioning. Telephoned doctor fakes and forged papers were common, though in person requests fared better. Detroit and Chicago pharmacists showed stricter questioning than New York and other cities. Local pharmacists cite experience and personal relations as reasons for higher vigilance.
An accounting study shows typical U S golf course costs per hole rose to 6243 in 1958 with labor and benefits as the largest item. Regional breakdowns vary from 5166 in the Midwest to 8150 in the Far West, yielding an overall net expense near 4443 after golf fee income.
Two incidents at Forbes Air Force Base Hospital prompt renewed calls for tighter security at the emergency entrance. Dr Fred Mettler, shot in a Christmas Day attack, describes his recovery as doctors clash with the Air Force over enhanced protection.
A Kansas ambulance survey warns gasoline rationing could threaten life saving services. Metro Ambulance in Wichita faced a four day gas station outage and higher prices while others plan station hopping and stockpiling to keep ambulances on duty.
The Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs plans a two acre POW training camp with guard towers wells interrogation rooms and barbed wire to simulate POW life for 40 hours in sophomore year. Upperclassmen will role play guards and interrogators under supervision while critics call the project ghoulish potentially dangerous and tailored to hazing.
The speaker questions long term lessons from harsh camps and warns the next prisoners could be sent to Asia. The write up suggests better uses for as much as 500000 dollars at the Air Force Academy.
Old Home Town Work was due to begin on Lawrence's newest and largest parking lot in the 800 block of Vermont Street's east side. Stephen Hill started as manager of the fiber forms division of the Lawrence Paper Co., the fourth generation of his family to work there, a firm started by his great grandfather J. D. Bowersock in 1882. The Kansas Board of Regents said it would request 13 062 826 in general revenue funds from the 1964 legislature for KU in fiscal 1965, up 1 491 352 from 1964. 25 years ago in 1948 Kansas led the nation in miles in the federal highway program, costing about 48.5 million. Prof. Paul Malone was to direct the KU Bureau of Business Research with Julius Morgan as assistant. Prof. Leslie Waters was leaving for Indiana University. 40 years ago in 1933 Otis Hungate was elected to sit pro tem in a partition action in Shawnee County. Judge Hugh Means had disqualified himself. Passers by saw apparent remains of a woman's body toppled in the street, later found to be a melted wax dummy from the Russell Style Shop.
Garden notes urge sever pruning of climbing roses and robust feeding now that blooms for 1974 depend on new canes. Hybrid teas flourish after ample winter rain. Medallion stands out among new varieties with large three-bloom clusters. All-American Rose Selections favor floribundas, Perfume Delight, Bhaia, and Bo-Bon. Continuous feeding and spraying advised through fall.
A short devotional plea seeking divine help to pray like Jesus and work to fulfill God’s will on earth as it is in heaven, ending with Amen.
Kansas University graduate student Gus diZerega offers a sharp critique of fuel shortages. He blames Washington and regulatory regimes for low natural gas prices, restricted coal mining, and punitive alcohol taxes that hinder alternative fuels. He argues politicians and the state ally with corporations, worsening energy crises.
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